朱元璋出生地辨

Discrimination on the Zhu Yuan-zhang’s birthplace

关于朱元璋的出生地,无论是其本人所说、所写、同时代人所记以及其亲属所留下的记载,都是完全一致,这就是"钟离之东乡",钟离隶濠州,濠州后改称凤阳。所以说朱元璋生于钟离或生于濠州或生于凤阳,证据凿凿,不容置疑。盱眙说、明光说、五河说、宿州符离集说等诸观点或曲解史料、或依据错误史料甚至将传说当信史,因此皆不可信。

Undoubted evidence exists that Zhu Yuan - zhang＇ s birthplace was Zhongli, Haozhou, or Fengyang. Zhu＇ s own speech and writing, as well as records left by his contemporaries and relatives, say unanimously that he was born in the east of Zhongli,and Zhongli was affiliated to Haozhou,whose name was later changed into Fengyang. Other views regard Xuyi, Mingguang, Wuhe, or Fuliji in Suzhou as Zhu＇ s birthplace, and all of them are unbelievable because they have distorted historical facts, based the assertion on wrong materials, or even taken legend as history.